On a day of record-breaking heat, South Beach was thronged with visitors, including one youth soccer squad. Player Joaquin Gonzalez is seen taking a shot on goal during practice with teammates Wednesday afternoon at the beach.

Recently, myself and company have been putting together the necessary building blocks to hopefully bring golf to more youth in our community. We are organizing a Junior Golf Fun Day on Aug. 22 at Del Norte Golf Course, which will be open to kids ages 9–17. This one event will set in motion a series of junior golf activities and events to help make golf more accessible. The ultimate goal is to bring more kids to the game and build a strong junior program in our community.

Six local triathletes competed at Cottage Grove; four triumphed in their age groups

With six athletes making the 3½-hour trip to Cottage Grove, Oregon, for Saturday’s Rolf Prima Tri at the Grove, the Crescent City contingent was just a small portion of the 324 athletes who came to compete the event that Triathlete Magazine’s editors dubbed one of the best 22 triathlons in the United States.

Students at Del Norte High School planning to participate in an athletic program this fall have an opportunity to complete their physical and concussion baseline testing this week as the first practices of the year inch closer.

Sport crab season ends next Thursday

Editor's note: This week we decided to give Triplicate correspondent Adam Spencer another crack at his brainchild — Reel Deal. Spencer created the column from scratch as a Triplicate staff writer in 2012 and has since passed on the torch to sports editor Michael Zogg.

With ocean temperatures hovering at a level a little higher this summer than salmon prefer, the celebrated pink meat has been hard to come by this season.

This year 1965 graduate Greg Gatlin joins his dad in the Del Norte Athletic Hall of Fame. Greg is the son of former Warrior coach Tex Gatlin, who coached football and basketball for many years. While at Del Norte, Greg was an outstanding football, basketball and baseball player.

Gianna Taylor, 10, soon to be a fi fth-grader at Redwood Elementary, shows off the three medals she won at the regional track meet in Portland, Oregon, on July 9. By fi nishing in the top fi ve in regionals in all three of her events, Taylor qualifi ed for the national championships next week. Submitted

Local 10-year-old heads to Jacksonville, Florida, to compete in 3 events at the Junior Olympics

Gianna Taylor was 8 years old when her father, Wes Taylor, first really took notice of how athletic his daughter was.

Northwood’s Allen Winogradov crawls about 6 feet to rst base, where he was able to tag the bag for an out. Del Norte Triplicate / Michael Zogg

Four teams survived unscathed heading into the third week of the Recreation Department’s slowpitch men’s league games on Monday. Newton’s Clean Sweep / R&R led the pack at 4-0 and had a bye on Monday. Baby D’s Lazers met up with the Old Dogs in a battle of the unbeatens.